AlicesKnight: 28.Qc7+ more or less forces ....Qe7 (if.... Ke8 the White QR comes on the scene with check and mate to follow), when 29.Rg7+ drags the K away from protecting the Q. Let's see - Rodshtein agrees....

<<<<Can a strong player please recommend several master games for me to study to learn how to play against this formation <STONEWALL ATTACK>?>>>

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Best way is not to get into them in the first place. If you want to play the QP mutual, you do have the option of playing 1. ... Nf6, and delaying ... d5 until white has committed himself to a standard QGD-type set-up.

If he signals early that he's going for a Stonewall formation, don't play ... d5 at all. Keep the QP in reserve and play it to d6 at the right moment, challenging his attempted control of e5.

Once: The trick when facing stonewall attacks is to work out which of the opponent's pieces are happy and which are not.

With three pawns on one colour squares, there's usually a bad bishop trying to get into the game. We must avoid swapping off our opponent's bad bishop.

A d4-e3-f4 pawn formation has a huge hole on e4 that a black knight can settle into.

White usually wants to punt a knight into e5. It can be worth leaving room for f6 to kick this knight away.

The d4-e3-f4 formation makes it hard for white to get in the e4 pawn break. That can mean that black can undermine the centre with moves like c5.

White will often want to play a rook lift by 0-0-Rf3-Rg3 (or Rh3). Black can counteract this by not quickly castling kingside or not castling at all. The centre can be quite safe for a while because of the blocked pawns.

Watch out for the greek gift sacrifice - that's often a good motivation not to castle on the kingside too quickly.

Most of all, don't just sit there and let the stonewaller build up his standard attack. Because it is a standard attack it's usually quite easy to predict - as long as you don't give the opponent what he wants.

DIO: Hey, notyetagm, I am far from a strong player, but look under chesscamp.net/stonewalling. This is IM Larry Evans chesscamp site (not THE Larry Evans, but the IM) and he has a collection of his old articles. In one of them tackles Stonewall attack and how to deal with it. Good Hunting!

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